[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's Time Turner

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 119070

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Vivamus" <Vivamus at T...> wrote:
> > > Vivamus wrote:
> > > <huge snip of interesting post on time-turning>
> > > 
> > > > I'm pretty sure we haven't seen the end of time travel,
> though.  Remember the Quidditch World Cup?   Fred and George bet 
> everything they had on a hundred to one shot, with complete 
> confidence, and no indication of surprise that they had won.  
> Somehow, they *knew.* <big
> > > snip>
> > > >
> > > Carol responds:
> > > I've addressed this before, so apologies to anyone who 
> already knows 
> > > my views. IMO, it's extremely unlikely that the twins had a time 
> > > turner. They seem to be rare items and highly regulated. All it 
> > > took, really, to win that bet was brains and the Twins' usual 
> > > creative approach to everything.
> > > 
> > > They knew that Krum was the best Seeker in the world, 
> therefore he 
> > > would catch the Snitch; they also knew that Ireland had the best 
> > > *team* in the world, therefore they would
> win the match. 
> 
> 
> Vivamus again:
> >  I think we'll have to disagree on the Weasley twins, though.  
> While your analysis of what they might have done is certainly 
> reasonable, and certainly within their abilities, they expressed a 
> confidence, both in their attitude and it betting everything
> > they had, that suggested to me that they weren't guessing. 
> 
> Valky:
> Very interesting argument Vivamus, and although Carol, your 
> reasoning is sharp and highly logical, I wonder just how far this 
> investigation really has gone.
> I mean, has anyone, for example, referenced GOF for the moment that 
> the twins actually first appeared at the Burrow on the day of the 
> QWC. If they had time turned I am sure there would be some kind of 
> hint of them appearing to be in two places at once. I don't have GOF 
> here at the moment, and Oh I am missing it right now with all this 
> interesting conversation going on, perhaps I need a second copy.

Vivamus:
Actually, I *don't* think they used a time turner.  I think they used
something in a related area of magic, but different.  A real Time Turner
would be almost impossible for even the Weasley twins to get.